LITERARY EVENTS
BY DAVE HOWELL
Special to The Press
BARNES & NOBLE
801 Lehigh Lifestyle Center, Lehigh Valley Mall, Whitehall. 484-823-0993, https://www.barnesandnoble.com/
Author Event: “The River Between Us,” Steven Wasilewski, noon July 18
2960 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley. 610-791-3261, https://www.barnesandnoble.com/
Book Club: 7 p.m. July 7
Author Event: “Lizbeth The Little Lost Golf Ball,” Janice Nissen, noon July 18
BELL TOWER CULTURAL CENTER
2904 Church Road, Martins Creek, 610-360-3737, https://belltowerculturalcenter.org/
Booked at the Bell: “Midaq Alley,” By Naguib Mahfouz, 6:30 p.m. July 9
BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761, https://www.bapl.org/
Taste and Tell Cookbook Club: 6 p.m. July 7. Registration required
Mary Pat Beebe Book Club: “The Good Lord Bird,” By James MacBride, 10 a.m. July 10, Zoom. Registration required
Bethlehem Book Club: “How Fascism Works,” By Jason Stanley, 6 p.m. July 14. Registration required
Memoir Writing Group: noon July 23, virtual. Registration required
BOOK AND PUPPET CO.
161 Northampton St., Easton. 484-544-4738, https://www.bookandpuppet.com/
Speculative Fiction Book Club: “Babel-17,” By Samuel Delany, 4 p.m. June 28
Shut Up and Write!: 6:30 p.m. June 30, July 7
Project 2025 Book Club: 5 p.m. July 2, 9
The Self-Care Book Club: “The Uncared Self,” Joanie Scott, 1:30 p.m. July 11
EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PALMER BRANCH
1 Weller Place, Easton. 610-258-7492, https://www.eastonpl.org/
Forever Young Adult Book Group: “The Millicent Squibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science,” By Kate McKinnon, 6 p.m. July 15
EMMAUS PUBLIC LIBRARY
11 E. Main St., Emmaus, 610-965-9284, https://emmauspl.org/
Daytime Book Group: “A Man Called Ove,” By Fredrik Backman, 2 p.m. July 7
Memoir Writing: 1 p.m. July 28, virtual. Registration online
EVERTRUE LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
800 Hausman Road, Allentown. 610-398-8011, https://www.evertrueliving.org/
Senior Book Club: “A Gentleman in Moscow,” By Amor Towles, 3 p.m. July 14
FIVE MAIDENS CIDER COMPANY
327 Polk St., Bethlehem. 610-419-1990, http://www.5mcider.com/
Book Fair Sale for Adults: noon July 5, 4 p.m. July 8 and 9
GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY WRITERS GROUP
https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org/
Writers Cafe: 6:45 p.m. July 1, Zoom. Registration online
LEPOCO PEACE CENTER
53 E. Lehigh St., No. 1, Lower Level, Bethlehem, 610-691-8730, https://lepoco.org/
LEPOCO Book Club: “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution,” By Jill Lepore, 6 p.m. July 7
MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF NAZARETH AND VICINITY
295 E. Center St., Nazareth. 610-759-4932, https://www.nazarethlibrary.org/
Writers Meetup: 5 p.m. July 1
Wednesday Night Book Group: “Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam,” By Lynda Van Devanter, 6:30 p.m. July 8
Daytime Book Group: “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers,” by Mary Roach, 11 a.m. July 23
Radically Ever After Romance Book Club: “Celebrity: Love Is a War Song,” by Danica Nava, 6 p.m. July 30
MORAVIAN BOOK SHOP
428 Main St., Bethlehem. 610-866-5481, https://www.facebook.com/MoravianBkShop
Author Event: “The Last Magus” series, Mark Piggott, 1 p.m. July 18
PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY
4422 Walbert Avenue, Allentown. 610-398-1361, https://www.parklandlibrary.org/
Java Joy Coffee and Conversation Club: 10 a.m. July 7. Registration requested
Short Story Society: “Wednesday’s Child,” By Yiyun Li, 2 p.m. July 9. Registration required
Creative Writing: 6:30 p.m. July 9. Registration required
PCL Book Club: “The Lincoln Conspiracy,” By Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch, 10:30 a.m. July 22. Registration required
SORCERY AND SCRIPTS
74 W. Broad St., Suite 110, Bethlehem. 267-772-8918, https://www.facebook.com/SorceryandScripts
Romantasy Book Club: “The Book of Blood and Roses,” By Annie Summerlee and “Carry On,” By Rainbow Rowell, 6 p.m. June 29
Silent Book Club: 6 p.m. July 2
THE END
3055 W. Tilghman St., Allentown. 610-871-3949, https://theendbooks.co/
ROJ Book Club: “The House of Eve,” By Sadeqa Johnson, 3:45 p.m. June 28
Coffee and Classics Book Club: 9 a.m. July 11
Mimosas & Meet-Cutes Book Club: “Wallbanger,” By Alice Clayton, 10 a.m. July 12
Book Release Reception: ”Almost the End of the World,” Mike Schlossberg, 6 p.m. July 14, RSVP
It’s The End! Book Club: “The Word is Murder,” By Anthony Horowitz, 6 p.m. July 15
The Midnight Lair Book Club: “Harvest Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy No. 2),” By Brynne Weaver, 6 p.m. July 16
Future and Fantastic Book Club: “Monk and Robot: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy,” By Becky Chambers, 6 P.M. July 25
THE TIPSY CROW AT THE SILK MILL
669 N. 13th St., Easton. 610-438-2531, https://www.countyseatspirits.com/
Good Librations Silent Book Club: 5:30 p.m. June 29
“Literary Events” is a listing of authors’ book-signings, book-readings and events in the Lehigh Valley. To request a listing, email: Paul Willistein, Focus editor, pwillistein@tnonline.com








